一路通臂拳-少林寺拳谱

eface
     The culture of such traditional Chinese martial arts as are peculiar to
Shaolin Buddhist Monastery is both uniquely expansive and subtly philo-
sophic and stands out as a component of world cultural heritage.
     Though there is an astoundingly bountiful spectrum, offered over cen-
turies by the monastery, of pugilistic routines and traditional weaponry
routines, yet none of them has ever been handed down to the monastic
posterity in an unsystematic manner. Nevertheless we are confronted with
the problem of technical adulteration that spoils the authenticity of some of
Shaolin martial-art forms or routines. The problem is playing havoc with
martial-art competitions as well as training programs across our country.
Admittedly some martial-art coaches' mishandlings of Shaolin kung-fu lore
have contributed partially to the problem. Therefore Shaolin Monastery
takes it for granted that it is incumbent upon the monastery to retrieve such
portions of Shaolin kung-fu lore as have already sunk into oblivion, to re-
systematize Shaolin kung-fu lore and the systems of pugilistic and
weaponry routines, and to standardize all of them. The first step the
monastery took in this connection was the initiation of a hunt for the lost
portions of Shaolin kung-fu lore by approaching not only the Buddhist
martial artists but also such secular martial artists as have received kung-fu
training at the monastery precisely for soliciting information that
 contributes to replenishing the diminished Shaolin kung-fu lore. In 2002 the
monastery created on its precincts "The Workshop for Shaolin Style of
Kung-fu". The setup is composed of Shaolin kung-fu experts and dedicates
itself to the task of re-systematizing and standardizing Shaolin kung-fu so
as to lay a sound foundation of a prospective Shaolin kung-fu instruction
system which is to benefit our posterity. For more than a millennium,
generation after generation of Shaolin monastic population has been in the
unswerving habit of exploring diverse constituents of Shaolin kung-fu lore
and practicing diverse pugilisti and weaponry routines. By "routine" is
meant "the stereotyped and serialized martial-art movements and techniques"
that have. proved quite operative in real combat situation. Routines are
outcome of age-old wushu training from time immemorial and decisively
instrumental for kung-fu training. So it goes without saying that "routines"
are of vital importance for the realm of Shaolin martial arts.
      Bearing the generic title A Shaolin Monastery Compendium of Pugilism,
are a series of monographic writings expatiating on the entire gamut of such
pugilistic routines as handed down through the lineage of kung-fu monks of
the monastery. Routines thus anthologized in the compendium are all genuine
Shaolin kung-fu. And these monographic writings are to be published one
after another and should be duly esteemed as standardized Shaolin-wushu
teaching materials fit to be used by those who desire to master Shaolin
kung-fu. In the future, formulation of the rules which govern the organiza-
tion of a Shaolin-martial-art-routine match can be based on this compendium.
      On the occasion of the debut of this compendium, I pray that Shaolin
school Of traditional Chinese martial arts would further benefit the health of
mankind and that everybody would elicit bliss from it!
      Amitabha!
                                                                                                                      
  前言
  少林寺武术文化博大精深，是世界文化遗产。
  少林功夫拳械套路繁多，但都流传有序。目前存在少林功夫套路
练习不统一的问题，给训练和竞赛都造成了一定的困难。这不排除以
讹传讹的过错。挖掘、整理、统一、规范少林功夫拳械套路是少林寺
义不容辞的责任。我寺组织人员，首先是对僧俗弟子及社会上的老拳
师调查访问，对少林寺遗留下来的拳械套路进行挖掘整理。2002年我
寺又组织专业人员成立了少林武术工作室，对少林功夫套路进行专业
的整理、统一、规范，为今后的少林功夫教学打下了良好的基础。这
些套路是一千多年来我寺僧人世代演习的套路。所谓套路就是人们在
长期的演习中，逐渐择其确切实用的招势编为定式，以便人们更好地
练习。套路之重要可见一斑。
    《(少林寺拳谱)》将陆续出版少林寺流传下来的传统套路，这些套
路是少林寺的真传，可以作为习少林功夫者的标准教材，为今后少林
功夫套路竞赛及竞赛规则的制订打下了基础。
    新书出版，我祈祷少林功夫造福于人们，人人都有一个强健的体
魄。
    阿弥陀佛!